| The Candidates Speak With village elections ahead, the Gazette wanted to give the candidates a chance
to speak "in their own words." The Gazette has edited only for space, puctuation
and content.
Wendy Smith
"People just think I'm for animals and that isn't true. What I think is that we all
have a right to a decent life. We should have roads that are safe to walk down. We should
have a river that is clean enough for fish. We shold have hedgerows that maintain the
wildlife of this area, maintain what it is that people like when they come here. Puckering
village is a little microcosm of life and we have to show that everyone here can live in
harmony and happiness and yes, that means the people, the plants and the animals, dog,
cat, hedgehog, rabbit and mole."
Arthur 'Red' Covers
"English villages have been taken over by the young and the mobile. People move here
for the quiet and then work in London and spend the weekends away. They don't shop here
and they don't care about local services. Well there are a number of people here, some
retired, some working class, who don't have the same options. They need a bus service, the
need a loo near the Post Office, they need a local grocery store to stay open. Elect me
and I'll lobby hard for the downtrodden and the working men and women of this great
village."
Nigel Morcombe
"For me village life is about freedom. This country is built of the rights of the
individual. But with freedom comes responsibilty and the young folk of today don't want to
deal with that. I want Puckering to be a place where people feel safe and proud of their
community. I want it the way it was, Church on Sunday with a sensible service, men in the
cricket team, good people in the big house, quiet streets and Best Village awards, because
that's what we deserve."
Colonel Bratherton
"I want to do things. I want to get committees together to make sure we have the
prettiest village in the Downs. I want to talk to children in schools, fire the young lads
up with tales of adventure and daring-do so they can see what is possible in this world. I
came to this village because this is where English tradition lives, in the Pubs, in the
cricket fields and in the decent folk that live here. Vote for me to make it better." |
